Claim df44b6e7Checked 21 Jul 2026
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Nigel Farage was still awaiting a substantive response to Lee Anderson MP's 11 June letter concerning potential Purdah breaches during the Makerfield election.
@Nigel_Farage·Tweet·23 Jun 2026Factual · claimed non public knowledge
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim asserts two specific things: (1) that Lee Anderson MP wrote a letter dated 11 June concerning potential Purdah breaches during the Makerfield by-election, and (2) that as of the tweet's date (23 June 2026), Nigel Farage was still awaiting a substantive response from the Electoral Commission to that letter. Public reporting does confirm that Lee Anderson, as Reform UK chairman, wrote to the Electoral Commission raising concerns about alleged Purdah breaches during the Makerfield by-election, related to the Ashton Library £1m funding announcement involving Andy Burnham. However, the available sources do not specify the exact date of the letter as 11 June, nor do they provide any public confirmation that Farage was "still awaiting a substantive response" to it as of 23 June. The status of correspondence with the Electoral Commission — whether a response had been received, was pending, or was outstanding — is not documented in the publicly available sources I located. The claim hinges on the status of private communications with a regulator, which is not publicly corroborated. Absence of public confirmation is not evidence the claim is false, but the needed evidence to verify the "awaiting a substantive response" assertion is unavailable. Therefore, the appropriate verdict is not-enough-evidence. Sources: - Wigan Today, "Row over funding for an historic Wigan library becomes a core issue in the Makerfield by-election" — https://www.wigantoday.net/news/politics/row-over-funding-for-an-historic-wigan-library-becomes-a-core-issue-in-the-makerfield-by-election-8742270 - Wigan Today, "Makerfield by-election timeline: how we got to today's historic poll" — https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/makerfield-by-election-timeline-how-we-got-to-todays-historic-poll-8749477 - Civil Society, "Farage files second Hope Not Hate complaint after charity cleared" — https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/farage-files-second-hope-not-hate-complaint-after-charity-cleared.html
From tweet
I have written to the Electoral Commission demanding an investigation into potential breaches of electoral law by Hope Not Hate. Public trust in our elections depends on the rules being followed by everyone.
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